Ontario education workers in legal strike position as of Nov. 3
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says their 55,000 education worker members in Ontario, such as custodians, early childhood educators and administration staff, will be in a legal strike position...
View ArticleToronto hospitals must hire thousands to keep ERs open, warns union
A union representing healthcare workers warns Toronto area hospitals must add tens of thousands of staff to their workforce each year, or already long emergency room wait times will worsen. The...
View ArticleHealthcare unions call for better protection against increasing workplace...
Two unions representing 70,000 Ontario hospital workers are calling on the Ford government to provide better protection for its workforce or risk a mass exodus of skilled employees. According to CUPE...
View ArticleUnion calls for Ontario to institute distancing, capacity limits at universities
A union representing workers on university campuses in Ontario called Thursday for the government to put classroom capacity limits and distancing requirements in place to better protect students and...
View ArticleOver 5,000 layoffs at Air Canada due to COVID-19
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Air Canada has announced over 5,000 workers will be laid off come April 30 due to a stark reduction in demand and strict limits on the destinations to which planes can fly amid...
View ArticleToronto Catholic school board staff member dies of COVID-19, union says
A Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) staff member has died of COVID-19, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says. “CUPE Ontario’s 280,000 members mourn the loss of our sister, a...
View ArticleOntario-wide protests scheduled against education cuts
Protests against cuts to education are happening across the province on Thursday. The so-called “walk-in” rallies will take place as students head into class to protest funding cuts and “celebrate the...
View ArticleParents scramble for child care as education workers, province return to table
Parents in Ontario scrambled Friday to figure out what to do with their kids should the province’s education workers strike next week. Talks between the province and the union representing custodians,...
View ArticleWhat you need to know if your child’s school closes due to a CUPE strike
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says their workers will be walking off the job Monday, a week into a work-to-rule campaign as talks continue with the province Friday. Negotiations are...
View ArticleUnion, province to resume talks to head off strike by school support workers
The Ontario government and a union that represents thousands of education workers say they are to resume talks Friday to head off a looming strike at the province’s schools. The Canadian Union of...
View ArticleTalks set to resume in CUPE school board negotiations
Ontario’s education minister accused Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Wednesday of trying to politicize the province’s labour negotiations with school support workers to score points ahead of the...
View ArticleWill talks between CUPE and the province resume this week?
Confusion is mounting about when the union representing education workers and the government would return to the bargaining table. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said CUPE — which represents 55,000...
View ArticleOntario school support staff to give 5-day strike action notice Wednesday
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the union representing school support staff in Ontario, say they will be giving notice of job action on Wednesday. The union, which represents 55,000 CUPE...
View ArticleCUPE takes action against Ford government’s funding cuts
Canada’s largest union is targeting the Ford government in a new campaign, which is aimed at stopping funding cuts that could hurt local communities. The president of the Canadian Union of Public...
View ArticleCUPE Ontario says it won’t support Bill 122
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says it won’t support Bill 122 — the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act — because it says the Liberal government has failed to honour its agreement...
View ArticleToronto Zoo elephants begin journey to California sanctuary
After a long day of waiting the three remaining elephants at the Toronto Zoo began their journey to the PAWS animal sanctuary in California on a rainy Thursday night. The elephants were scheduled to...
View ArticleZoo union has ‘no intention’ of striking
The union representing more than 400 Toronto Zoo workers says it has made progress in talks with management and has no plans to strike. “We’ve been very frustrated that there was little movement in the...
View ArticleToronto Zoo union warns of possible lockout ahead of panda exhibit opening
The Toronto Zoo may be facing some labour troubles as it prepares to open its much-anticipated giant panda exhibit next month. The union representing more than 400 zoo staff is warning of a lockout...
View ArticleCUPE head warns Zoo management on fast track to lockout staff
Toronto Zoo management are on the fast track to lockout staff, according to CUPE Local 1600 president Christine McKenzie. In a statement released Monday, McKenzie said union negotiators were told on...
View ArticleYork U teaching assistants, contract faculty vote on school’s final offer
Striking contract faculty and teaching assistants at York University begin electronic voting Friday on the school’s final offer, but it is not by choice. In March, the university requested a “forced...
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